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Hawk's first strike had met its mark and Mikel's blade fell to the floor, the Jedi wasn't sure if he had broken the mans wrist but he had gotten the effect that he desired. Mikel intercepted the Jedi Master's second strike though and followed his counter up with a swift headbutt that sent Hawk reeling backwards. Hawk raised a hand to his head and felt a moistness that could only have been blood, and his feeling was confirmed as he saw the red liquid upon his fingers.

Reaching out with his right hand, Hawk drew upon the force and focused all of his will on Mikel's mind. If he was lucky he could break through whatever hold Jessan had over him and put an end to this fight before either of them did permanant damage to the other.

"You are Jedi Master Mikel Goff," Hawk spoke and waved his hand to infuse his words with the force.
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Meanwhile Hawk's droid had managed to contact the Jedi on Naboo and the new Alliance of Worlds fleet had been dispatched to Bespin; the Jedi only had to hold the Sith at bay for a short while longer before reinforcements turned up and the Sith were driven out. Finally after so many attacks on the freedom of the galaxy, the Jedi had put together an co-alition force that could stand against them and push them back. No more would they throw their weight around the galaxy with only a handful of Jedi to oppose their advance, war was upon them now and they had brought it upon themselves.

An armada of Alliance vessels erupted out of hyperspace in the Bespin system and they wasted no time in opening fire upon the Sith vessels and deploying landing craft to support the Jedi.

Jedi Archives - Mikel/Vegne/etc etc

All around Bespin Alliance forces were landing, hundreds of troopers accompanied the dozens of Jedi reinforcements into the Jedi Temple. The battle of Bespin would soon be over, but from it would grow numerous other battles staged around the galaxy. The Sith had been far too sure of themselves for far too long, and finally their arrogance would be their undoing. After their route on Naboo they should have realized that the Jedi were building a force more than capable of matching their own, but the Sith had been lacking any sort of wisdom for a long time.

Wisdom had been forsaken for knowledge that brought power, but power was useless unless one knew how and when to use it. Only wisdom and experience could afford the Sith an eventual victory. They might win a few battles along the way, but it would be the wisdom of the Jedi that would tip the balance, turn the tide, and win the war.

The Sith were nothing but a blunt instrument for bludgeoning their enemies to death, which was all well and good if they happened to be playing whack-a-mole and not facing their most deadly rivals. There were very few amongst the Sith who could change things; very few who had the wisdom to pass on to others. One who had potential was Jessan herself, but Hawk had long since discounted her as the one.

A slight arrogance was essential in any would be leader, for if a leader did not believe in themselves or believe that they would succeed than they would inspire no one to follow them and failure was all the more likely. Too much arrogance though and one became blind to the possibility of failure, and thusly failure was guaranteed. Fortunately, Jessan was of the latter breed of arrogance; her mind would never accept that she could fail in the moment to succeed in the day, and so she would never be a threat to the Jedi.

For a long time, Hawk had kept an eye on all such Sith with the potential for greatness, but so far none had managed to reach it. As with Jessan, all those who Hawk saw with any potential were all too hung up with winning in the moment to contemplate the future.

The Jedi Master maintained his mind-trick on Mikel, tying to force his suggestion through. Such mind-tricks usually only worked on the weak minded, unless a number of Jedi added their influence to them. However if Mikel's mind was already compromised than it may have become weak enough for Hawk's mind-trick to have some affect. Hawk watched as Mikel reacted to the mind-trick, he sensed his pain as the light and the dark wrestled inside his mind but Hawk could not help him through this pain for it was necessary that this battle be fought. In the end Jessan's power over him would not stand a chance, Hawk's influence would overcome her grip and then Mikel would overpower her influence, for even if he didn't know it himself, Mikel's power had always been superior to hers.

As Mikel fell into unconsciousness another Sith turned up in the archives, apparently fleeing from the Jedi reinforcements. It took Hawk a moment to recognise the Sith as he spoke, and then Hawk gave half a smirk as he remembered him.

"Ah, the lesser Draclau," Hawk said as he turned to intercept Venge's stab at him.

Amusing how just as he had been thinking of overly confident and arrogant Sith another should arrive. As Hawk recalled, Venge had something of an inferiority complex due to always being overshadowed by his more famous and more powerful kin. Of course, this made the Knight all the more determined to prove himself, and all the more blind to the concept of failure. Failure was not an option for Venge, for it would only serve to prove that he was as inferior as his insecurities led him to believe. Again though, such refusal to admit mortal weakness was a fatal flaw. Hawk often told his Padawans that only those able to admit mortal weakness would truly understand the immortal power of the force.

"Announcing your presence to a more powerful enemy is such bad form for a Sith," Hawk mock berated the Sith Knight. "I expected better from one of your lineage."

Their blades were locked and the Jedi Master pushed his own towards Venge to shove him away, before quickly following up by thrusting his free hand forward unleashing a powerful force push that could launch Venge across the archives.

Jedi Archives - Venge/Cauis

As Venge nudged his arm to one side, Hawk simply allowed his power to disipate rather than continue with the push for it would now have found Mikel as its target. The Jedi Master sensed something from the Sith, perhaps it was smugness at having diverted the blow. Hawk simply raised an amused eyebrow and decided to allow Venge to revel in his small victory, it would only make him all the more over confident and unaware of his eventual failure. No doubt that Venge felt secure in the knowledge that his powers had grown since their last encounter, but he neglected to consider the fact that so had Hawk's. Neither of them had sad idly in the time that had passed, and both now possessed a deeper understanding of the force than before, but Venge had a great deal more to learn before he could stand opposite Hawk in the same way that Emryc and Jessan had that day. Both Emryc and Jessan had the power to withstand the Jedi Master, but even they knew that to stand against him was not the same as being able to defeat him, for that, they too had much yet to learn.

"True enough," Hawk smiled at Venge confirming that he had sensed the Sith's arrival.

From behind him, Hawk sensed another individual joining him; it was his old Padawan Cauis. The Jedi Master had sensed a dark influence in him before as he had Mikel, but now it was gone. Cauis had been strong enough to overcome it himself. Once again Hawk and Cauis stood side by side as they had so many times before as Master and Padawan. Hawk had taught Cauis everything that the young man needed to know, and now his learning was down to him. He could of course come back to Hawk to learn more advanced techiques, but he had shown time and time again that he was a more than capable Knight.

"It happens even to the best of us, my friend," Hawk said to Cauis with a smile as he remembered his own struggle with dark forces many years ago.

"Surrender now Sith or we will be forced to destroy you." Hawk brought his aua blue blade up to give Venge no illusions that he meant business.